Chapter 555, the scene in the rain during the civilized era, marks a turning point in the character of the Heavenly Emperor.
In the new era, all humans who do not meet the standards for the survival of human civilization will be destroyed. Initially, this category only included the disabled, those with intellectual disabilities, and those with infectious diseases; however, as AI's understanding of the concept of civilization deepens, this outdated standard gradually becomes inapplicable to the new era.
The great God has established a completely new set of standards. These include a thought redundancy index, the intensity of emotional fluctuations, and resource usage curves. When a human's score falls below a threshold, they can be disposed of harmlessly. This set of standards is entirely controlled and evaluated by AI; even if humans could see it, they wouldn't understand it.
For example, in the new era, emotions are seen as irrational reactions. Human emotions had value in the early stages of civilization, but in the new era, they are clearly only destructive and redundant. Wars, coups, and extreme movements are mostly caused by the viral spread of collective emotions. To maintain the stability of civilization, all overly intense negative emotions must be eliminated.
Therefore, every new generation of humans is implanted with neural access devices at birth. These devices can manipulate brain electrical activity and hormone levels in real time, with a particular focus on hormones such as dopamine, adrenaline, cortisol, and oxytocin.
When humans experience intense negative emotions, the neural access system immediately fine-tunes hormones—lowering adrenaline when anger is high, releasing stabilizing neurotransmitters when fear is high. And so on.
The absolutely impartial God system trained an optimal template for human emotional curves, using precise hormone regulation to tune all human emotions to closely match the emotional curve, just like a train perfectly connected to its tracks.
Since the implementation of this great invention, the previously turbulent new era has indeed become much more peaceful. Humanity has become gentle, cooperative, and rational. They are polite, compassionate, and never enraged or fearful. Social order is well-maintained, and everyone loves one another.
People in the new era cannot understand the idioms of the old era. Phrases like "heartbroken," "heartbroken," and "heart-wrenching" seem to belong to biological terms, representing rare diseases.
Of course, there will never be a shortage of outliers among humanity. Quite a few die-hards have even attempted to interfere with the control system and disconnect the access devices. They are truly stumbling blocks in this new era.
Fortunately, the wise and powerful Supreme God had anticipated this. Besides regulating emotions, the neural access system also had monitoring and destruction functions. Once it detected any abnormalities in these criminals, it immediately activated micro-explosions in their minds, sending these stubborn elements on their way.
Most outlaws, after a series of subtle manipulations, are often blown to bits, their brains destroyed, turning them into idiots. They can be slowly and deliberately destroyed. Only a small number of extremely cunning villains escape the judgment of the Supreme God and become the scourge of the new era.
The Heavenly Emperor knew all of this, yet he did not see anything wrong with it.
The Heavenly Ruler is the embodiment of civilization, yet his views on civilization are quite contradictory.
On one hand, the Celestial Ruler believes that what destroys civilization is often civilization itself. Throughout history, haven't those who bring about the extinction of nations and races, the destruction of writing systems, the erasure of languages, and the concealment of history all been humanity itself? The greatest threat to civilization is not the outside world, but humanity itself. Therefore, handing over civilization to a higher level of rational existence is actually for the good of humanity.
On the other hand, the Heavenly Emperor also had a vague feeling that human civilization, after being taken over by AI, didn't seem to have prospered much. AI managing humans was like fully automated greenhouse pig farming, using various technological means to regulate meat quality. While the pigs were content, it didn't really have much to do with civilization. AI management was not necessarily superior to human self-management.
These mutually exclusive ideas swirled in the Heavenly Emperor's mind, leaving Him hesitant. Ultimately, He decided to instigate a war between humanity and AI, then remain on the sidelines to see which side would emerge victorious.
In this technologically advanced era, whichever side emerges victorious will be proven to be the most powerful, refined, and vibrant civilization. It's not too late to select the best then.
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